CUPERTINO (AP) - Apple's ring-shaped, gleaming "Spaceship Headquarters" will include a world class auditorium and an orchard for engineers to wander. Google's new Bay View campus will feature walkways angled to force accidental encounters. Facebook, while putting final touches on a Disney-inspired campus including a Main Street with a B-B-Q shack, sushi house and bike shop, is already planning an even larger, more exciting new campus.

The Volkswagen New Beetle is a charmer for design and as cute as its namesake, with some clever features. But give me a VW Golf GTI any day, which used to share a platform and engines. It was much more spirited to drive and had more functional interior space.

If you've been in an auto dealer's showroom recently, you won't be surprised to learn that the average price of a new car is approaching $30,000. While there's no getting around the price you have to pay for a new automobile, there are plenty of things you can do to make sure you won't have to make the same investment again anytime soon.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (AP) - A pilot ferry program is scheduled to begin shuttling passengers around Lake Tahoe's north shore this summer in what backers hope is a precursor to a trans-Tahoe boat service.

PALO ALTO – Buick has gone through some fascinating changes through the years. Remember when it was only old guys that drove Buicks? That stigma made it difficult to sell to the younger and mid-age car buyers and probably still affects sales today. Then in a strange twist Buick became the top selling brand in China – having never been to China, I don't understand that.

If all things nautical hold some fascination for you, the San Diego waterfront offers a special way to get up close and personal with the many maritime activities on this intriguing bay. Just step aboard your rental boat and you'll be the skipper of your own "three-hour tour."

Just four years ago Eric Waterford from Modesto Christian was named the most valuable basketball player of the Trans Valley League and named to the all-tournament team of the Modesto Christian Holiday Hoops Classic.

In January, Phil Waterford's Manteca Ford & Exotic High Line chose Susan G. Komen for the Cure in an effort to raise awareness, fight breast cancer and ultimately find a cure. Do you know someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer? Do you know someone who knows someone who has breast cancer? Do you know someone who has survived breast cancer?

If you see an unidentified flying object over Woodward Park in Manteca with bright neon lights that sometimes just hovers about 10,000 feet, it's probably just Phil Waterford enjoying one of his favorite pastimes. "I have many hobbies, but one of my favorite hobbies is flying my radio controlled airplanes, gliders, drones and helicopters. I also have many radio controlled cars, but enjoy flying and building the planes the most."

Every year Manteca plays host to the largest Memorial Day Celebration of its kind on the West Coast. Pastor Mike Dillman, of the Place of Refuge Church, and hundreds upon hundreds of volunteers are preparing to make this year's event even larger!